An Iraq war vet with serious combat injuries is languishing on Rikers Island for crimes he doesn’t remember committing — when he should be getting special treatment through veterans programs, the man’s mother and his attorney told The Post.

“He’s in with people who have raped, who have killed their parents. That’s not where he should be,” said Lee Pellegrino, mom of retired Navy Seabee Patrick Pellegrino.

Her 41-year-old son was busted after “flipping out” and kicking in the door of a Queens home, stealing a cab and then smashing another person’s vehicle with a metal pipe, she said.

Lee wants her son’s case transferred to a special veterans court where he can plead guilty and avoid further jail time.

Those courts provide therapy, anger management and rehab to vets struggling to readjust to civilian life.